Amanda Russell's transcribed interview of John C. Moore's account of a mysterious man who lives in the woods in Boone County but can never be found just his belongings.
Carved wooden table with marble top with a teapot, creamer and sugar bowl. This tea set was made in Glasgow in 1834 and was bought to America by Mrs. Russell's grandmother who came over in 1850. It is white with gold shamrock design and a gold...
Rose Russell's transcribed variant of The Boyfriend's Death urban legend as collected by Jayliene Davis. In this account, a woman discovers that her boyfriend has been hanged after her fails to return from getting more gasoline for their car.
Sara Russell's transcribed interview of Jim Thompson about an outlaw legend from Shelburn, Indiana. According to Thompson, there was a man who would get drunk and shoot his guns. One night he got too drunk and started shooting everywhere; he even...
Sara Russell's transcribed interview of Jim Thompson about an outlaw legend from Shelburn, Indiana. According to Thompson, there was once a preacher in town who would preach in Indiana one Sunday and in Illinois the next week. It turns out that he...
Sara Russell's transcribed interview of Jim Thompson about moonshiners in Shelburn, Indiana. According to Thompson, a man from Shelburn used to run moonshine. Once when he was in Indianapolis, Indiana, his car broke down so he put on overalls and...
Sara Russell's transcribed interview of Jim Thompson about moonshiners in Shelburn, Indiana. According to Thompson, he lived across the street from a bootlegger. You could tell when the man was making a batch because eh would burn tires to cover...
Sara Russell's transcribed interview of Jim Thompson about moonshiners in Shelburn, Indiana. According to Thompson, there was a house by Dawson's pond where a man made moonshine. He stored it in jugs tied to ropes in the pond. When he brought jugs...
Sara Russell's transcribed interview of Jim Thompson about moonshiners in Shelburn, Indiana. According to Thompson, there was an area known as Camp Thirsty where people went to drink during prohibition. One election a judge and a church were...
Telegram from Eugene V. Debs, 11/29/1915. Says that if the NEW YORK SUN was correct in relaying Charles Edward Russell's position regarding the war then he does "not at all agree with him, and his views are at variance with the attitudes and...
Telegram to Eugene V. Debs, 11/28/1915. Asks that Eugene V. Debs respond to Charles Edward Russell's position to support the war even though he is a socialist.
